News
Congratulations to alumna Sarah E. Vaughn on the publication of her new book, 'Engineering Vulnerability: In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation' (Duke University Press, 2022).
Congratulations to Alyssa James and Brendane Tynes who received this grant to support the Zora's Daughters Podcast and to Anna Reumert who received this grant to support a project on revolution and racial justice in Sudan! You can read more about the grant and projects here.
We start the new year with celebratory news! The Department congratulates doctoral students, Benjamin Liberatore, Stephanie Ratte and Fern Thompsett on their recently received fellowships to conduct field research. Read the news about their achievements and those of other recent awardees here.
The Department of Anthropology congratulates its two most recent doctoral degree recipients. Despite the pandemic, both Geoffery Aung and Jasmine Pisapia defended their dissertations in the Fall of 2021. Jasmine now takes up her position as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, and Geoff now joins the University of Vienna in a six-year postdoctoral position as as University Assistant. We wish them much success.
On January 18 Lesley Sharp delivered a keynote address “Methodologies of Absence in Medical Anthropology: Mobilizing Elusiveness, Invisibility, and Erasure as Methodological Praxis” to members of the Royal Anthropological Institute (UK) as the recipient of the Wellcome Medal for her book Animal Ethos: The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science.
Congratulations to Eduardo Romero Dianderas, who won the Roy A. Rappaport prize from the Anthropology and Environment Society. And to Alyssa James, who won the Johnnetta B. Cole Travel Award from the Association of Black Anthropologists.
Danielle Carr asks, 'Brain scans look stunning, but what do they actually mean?' and answers on the basis of her dissertation field research. Check out the article, which appears in the November 22, 2021 issue of Psyche, here.
Congratulations to Amiel Bize (PhD 2018) who has been awarded the 2021 Cultural Horizons Prize for her article “The Right to the Remainder: Gleaning in the Fuel Economies of East Africa’s Northern Corridor.” The Society for Cultural Anthropology's "Cultural Horizons Prize" recognizes the best article appearing in the previous year of Cultural Anthropology, and is awarded by a jury of advanced doctoral students.
Congratulations to Stephanie Ratte and Benjamin Liberatore for receiving Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grants.
Holland Tunnel Newburgh is very pleased to present The Longue Durée, the third exhibition by the artists' collective The International Society of Antiquaries, or ISA. Members of the society include artists Olivia Baldwin, Kyle Cottier, Elisa Pritzker, and Greg Slick, and archaeologist/artist Jeff Benjamin. The exhibition runs from October 16 through November 21, 2021
Holland Tunnel Newburgh
46 Chambers Street, between Broadway and First Street, Newburgh, NY 12550
Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday 1 to 5 pm
By appointment: hollandtunnelgallery.com/contact
Lila Abu-Lughod was interviewed by Nick McAlpin on a podcast for The New Arab Voice on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the publication of her book Veiled Sentiments. Released on September 10, it can be accessed on the website of The New Arab here or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc. The segment starts around 24:00.
Rosalind Morris's film, We are Zama Zama, has been named an official selection and finalist in the competition for 'Best Feature Documentary' at the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival. The film made its debut at the ENCOUNTERS International Documentary Film Festival in June. For more on the film, visit the website.
Danielle Carr, doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, has published a review essay in The Nation, entitled 'A Virus without a World: The Politics of Science Writing.' Read Danielle's thoughtful response to Carl Zimmer's new book, Planet of Viruses, here.